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...annual event marked the publication of the Law Review’s first issue of the year, which covers the Supreme Court’s previous term. The format of this year’s forum—Schauer and Katyal spoke individually about separate topics??was different from last year’s inaugural forum. Then, Judge Richard A. Posner and two law professors openly debated the role of foreign court rulings in American law. —Staff writer Paras D. Bhayani can be reached at pbhayani@fas.harvard.edu...
...with both honorees. Richmond emphasized the importance of public health practice in universities to teach “the application of our basic knowledge for the improvement of the health of our populations.” Fauci discussed pandemic and seasonal flu, while Foege touched on a range of topics??including Richmond’s accomplishments and his own awe at how far the field of medicine has come in his lifetime. “What a great era we’ve lived through,” Foege said. “Could we have imagined that...
...School officials—including Kagan and Minow—did not respond to requests for comment last evening. But Petrie Professor of Law Einer R. Elhauge ’82 said the century-old first-year curriculum covering traditional common law topics??contracts, torts, property, civil procedure, and criminal law—will be constricted, and courses on policy (“Legislation and Regulation”) and international law (“International Law and Problems and Theories”) will be added...
Unlike “Prep,” Curtis Sittenfeld’s decent but hackneyed portrayal of those ruthless pre-college years, “Special Topics?? minimizes the ‘to be or not to be’ virgin dilemmas and queen bee versus wannabe showdowns. While that approach worked for the movie “Mean Girls,” the intellectually inclined will relish Pessl’s knack for language, unconventional arrangement, and substantial academic references...
...Special Topics?? revolves around the brilliant, budding Blue van Meer and her father Gareth, a charismatic professor and Casanova. For reasons unforeseen, the pair settles down at a North Carolina private school where Blue meets Hannah Schneider. Schneider is more than a teacher; she’s “a shade of grey,” and her sudden death, which Pessl reveals in the first chapter, catalyzes a series of peculiar events. We follow Blue as she Nancy Drews around campus, collecting specimens from her past and the not-so-distant pasts of others in efforts...